2025 Compare Cities Education:
Memphis, MO vs Burlington, IA

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Highlights
- Burlington spends 8.5% more per student than Memphis.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 52.5% higher in Burlington than in Memphis. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Burlington had 4.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Memphis
 Memphis, MOBurlington, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,010$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,077  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,321$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio8.9  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock13344573
 Students per Counselor287  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.15.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Memphis    3 Reviews

This is teabagger country, red as blood. Even the nicer people - and there are some - tend to be xenophobic as hell and self absorbed; so if you are not ultra-right  More

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Over 15 years ago

Memphis may be a great place to live for those with relatives who were born and raised here, but by and large the place suffers extreme xenophobia and worse yet seems  More

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Over 16 years ago

Memphis Missouri evolves from farming families in surrounding Scotland County. IT's the best little town I've ever known. While I was stationed in Sacremento in '84,  More

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Reviews for Burlington    1 Reviews

Burlington iowa is a great historical town it's a great place to live if you make atlest 37 to 40 dollers an hour but if your on a fixed income of less then a 1000  More

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